August 20th, 2006

* I've added a new feature to the main page -- the Random Game of the
Week. You can find it below the website description in the center column.
* I've updated the website description to accurately describe what
Game-it-Yourself is all about. Tell me what you think...
* I've added 11 new games. Also, I've decided to keep a running list
of new additions, separated by dates, on the new games page.
* I've updated the Canonical List up to letter P.

Random game of the Week

[Sorcerer's Apprentice] - An ever-changing checkers game for two
players and an Icehouse set. Object: To end the game with the most
magic hats in your Hat Rack. Gain magic hats by capturing your
opponent's pieces. You can put hats on your pieces to grant them
special powers.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_s.html#Sorcerer's%20Apprentice

New Games

# [10-Die Poker] - A clever little poker game that takes gobs and gobs
of dice.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_0-9.html#10-Die%20Poker

# [Bogart] - A push-your-luck type dice game played with 4-sided dice
and poker chips.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_b.html#Bogart

# [Brain Baseball] - The Zombie card game you can play with a standard
deck! Originally released in August 1998 as a limited-edition game,
made with leftover bid cards from a poorly sorted print run of Give Me
The Brain.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_b.html#Brain%20Baseball

# [Ceiling Fan Baseball] - The sport you can play with your Ceiling
Fan! Basically, this is a game of baseball played with a wad of paper
and a ceiling fan. Dumb, but fun!
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_c.html#Ceiling%20Fan%20Baseball

# [FIGHT!] - A nim-type game played with spare change.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_f.html#FIGHT!

# [Flip] - A dice game where the object is to drive your opponent out
of dice.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_f.html#Flip

# [Lost Pueblo of Doctor Green, The] - Someone has stolen the Pueblo!
Can you guess who it is? A simple card-passing game with a strong
bluffing element.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_l.html#The%20Lost%20Pueblo%20of%20Do\
ctor%20Green

# [Lunch Rush] - The players are competing fast-food franchises in a
food court. Each player must first entice a customer to eat in her
restaurant and then feed that customer to his particular satisfaction.
If you can't feed a customer to his satisfaction, you lose points.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_l.html#Lunch%20Rush

# [Saoirse!] - To build scoring sets of dice – pairs, threes and fours
– of 'suits' associated with Irish Republican history.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_s.html#Saoirse!

# [Sloppy Seconds] - A trick-taking game where the object is to score
the second most number of points in each suit. Also, the secord suit
to be broken in in each hand is the trump suit.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_s.html#Sloppy%20Seconds

# [Yenta] - Yenta is based on a game by Aaron Richards called 'Stoopid
Cupids,' sort of a cross between Liar's Dice and Go Fish.
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/list_y.html#Yenta